It Probably Says Something

Has anyone else noticed that free rein now appears more and more in print as free reign?

I’m not sure if this means more and more people are using it in reference to the growth of government and are consciously making a pun (I doubt it) or if educational standards or cultural references have obscured the horsemanship origin of the phrase.

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